Unlocking Productivity through AI: Skills and Strategies

Brian Nelson-Palmer shares 14 creative prompts to leverage generative AI (like ChatGPT) to supercharge your productivity at work and in your personal life. This is especially relevant to Project Managers and Aspiring Leaders. From data analysis to contract summaries to infusing humor into speeches, he provides practical examples of how AI can be your "brilliant intern." He also introduces his new Productivity Gladiator membership course where you can learn these skills in a more hands-on learning environment.

See the full details and links on the episode's page: https://www.productivitygladiator.com/episodes/ai-productivity-hacks-14-game-changing-prompts-to-transform-your-work-and-life

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Links to References In This Episode

—The brand new monthly membership available from Productivity Gladiator. It’s the monthly Starbucks for your professional development. This special introductory offer will never be available again. It’s a steal at the current price as more and more is added to the membership, thanks for considering joining now, getting in on the ground floor.

—The episode on AI and how it will affect your job, with Christopher Lind.

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Episode Digest

Are you looking to boost your productivity and streamline various tasks in your professional and personal life? Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and others offer a powerful solution. With the ability to analyze data, generate ideas, and provide insights, these AI assistants can act as your "brilliant intern," taking care of tedious and time-consuming tasks so you can focus on higher-level work.

Here are 14 creative ways to leverage generative AI to transform your productivity:

Intense Raw Data Analysis
Got a massive spreadsheet filled with raw sales data from various regions and years? Simply upload it to the AI and ask it to find the region with the highest revenue for each year from 2010 to 2024. AI can quickly crunch through the numbers, providing you with the insights you need.

Write The Excel Formula
Struggling to get the right syntax for a complex Excel formula? Describe the data you have and the calculation you want, and the AI can provide the exact formula you need to reference cells across sheets and perform the desired analysis.

Help Create Pivot Tables
Pivot tables are powerful data summarization tools, but setting them up correctly can be tricky. Leverage AI by providing your data set and asking it to create a pivot table that shows the metrics you need, such as average sales size per salesperson.

Leverage Meeting Transcripts
Missed an important meeting? No problem. Copy the transcript, paste it into the AI, and ask it to summarize what happened, including any action items assigned to you. Stay on top of things even when you can't attend every meeting.

Absorb Contracts and Long Documents Quickly
Taking over a new project mid-stream? Ask the AI to summarize a contract or project charter, outlining the deliverables, who's responsible for what, and when things are due. Get up to speed quickly without wading through dense legalese.

Find Templates
Need to create an event invite, marketing email, or other communication? AI has templates for nearly everything. Provide the key details, and it can generate a well-structured draft that you can further refine.

Locate Laws and Regulations
Navigating legal and policy requirements can be a headache. Cut through the confusion by asking the AI to surface relevant laws, regulations, and policies for your specific situation, along with explanations of how they might impact your plans.

Brainstorm Creative Writing
Hit a creative block? AI can be your brainstorming buddy, generating engaging titles, catchy one-liners, or fresh angles to liven up your presentations, speeches, or written materials.

Learn Quick
Need to get up to speed on an unfamiliar topic fast? Describe the situation to the AI, such as an upcoming interview for a role you're not fully versed in, and it can suggest relevant questions to ask or areas to research.

Fight Tickets
Got slapped with a parking ticket? Some towns have exceptions or appeals processes you may not know about. Ask the AI if there's any way to get out of your specific ticket based on the location and circumstances.

Understand Permit Requirements
Planning some home renovations? Rather than wading through confusing bureaucracy, ask the AI if you need any permits for your project and how to obtain them based on your city and state.

Find Recipes for Certain Ingredients
Moving soon and want to use up what's left in your pantry? List out the ingredients you have on hand, and the AI can suggest recipes to help you avoid food waste.

Get Travel Recommendations
Killing time before your flight? Ask the AI for top attractions or activities you can do nearby during your layover window.

Add Humor to Speeches
Tasked with giving a toast or presentation? The AI can help by generating funny one-liners or anecdotes to add some lighthearted moments to your material.

The possibilities are endless when it comes to leveraging AI for productivity. These tools can free up time for more meaningful endeavors.

Of course, it's important to use AI judiciously and fact-check its outputs rather than blindly trusting the information provided. Think of it as that "brilliant intern" – capable and useful but still requiring oversight. By taking advantage of AI's strengths while applying human judgment, you can unlock new levels of efficiency across all areas of your life.

CAN I HELP YOU LEVEL UP WITH THIS?

This episode was 14 prompts. The course I just released as part of the Productivity Gladiator Membership is around 54 prompts. I’ll go much more in depth with you. I’ve shared my screen and given you the examples, and you can participate along with the video lessons, and really get hands on with AI.

This new monthly membership is like a monthly Starbucks for your professional development. This special introductory offer will never be available again. It’s an unbelievable value at the current price, and if you get in now on the ground floor, it will only become more valuable as more and more is added. Thanks for considering joining!

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About The Creator/Host: I’m Brian. At age 4, I was diagnosed with insulin dependent (type 1) diabetes and told that my life was going to be 10-20 years shorter than everyone else. As a kid I took time for granted, but now as an adult, time is the most precious thing that I have. After spending a career hands-on in the trenches as a senior project manager, I now help others to level-up through my Productivity Gladiator training. These Gladiators wield email management superpowers, a laser-guided ability to focus, samurai-grade prioritization skills, a sniper-precise task tracking approach, Jedi time management skills, and a secret sauce for maximizing their personal life balance. If what you’ve seen here intrigues you, reach out, let’s chat! Time is the currency of your life, spend it wisely.